15th Edition

Dubrovnik, Croatia, 22 - 24 September 2016

in partnership with EUROPA NOSTRA

with support of Creative Europe programme

& Endowment Fund of ICOM

with

September 23rd, Theatre Marin Držić

Europen Museum Forum / Council of Europe Museum Prize 2015

MuCEM: Museum of European and Mediterranean
Civilizations

Suspended between sky and water, floating at the entrance to
the Vieux Port in Marseille, the Mucem is building new bridges.
In its very location the museum is a major project for the
Mediterranean, reshaping its future and forming a meeting
point for its two shores. This is the first time that a museum
has been devoted to the cultures of the Mediterranean: the
Mucem is unique in that it retraces, analyses and sheds light
on, in a single dynamic and a single place, the ancient
foundations of this fertile cradle of civilization, as well as
the tensions that have been a feature right up to the present
day.

With Literature degree and master in political sciences, Mikael
Mohamed was head of cultural programming and
communication at the French institute in Riga, Latvia from
2004 to 2007 where he took part in the institute lauching and
French cultural season (150 events). Fundraiser for several
philanthropic entities in Paris in social & medical field, he
has been director of a French institute in Tetouan, Morroco
2008-2012. Since 2013 he is today head of international
relations at Mucem in Marseille.

Presentation is taking place on September 23rd, 9.30 - 9:55

EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2014
winner

Nuragic Sculptures of Monte Prama

In the 1970s, 5178 stone fragments dating back to the 11th to
the 8th century BC were excavated by the Archaeological
Superintendence of Cagliari (Sardinia) in Monte Prama, Cabras,
Oristano. They represent 25 warriors two meters in height and
13 models of nuraghe: a testimony of the culture of the
prehistoric population of Sardinia. Between 2007 and 2011 the
Centro di Conservazione Archeologica of Rome, implemented a
multidisciplinary project with the objective of putting the
sculptures on display in a museum. In 2015, new excavations
unearthed 2200 fragments and a new phase of the project
started.

Roberto Nardi received a degree in
archaeology from the University of Rome and in conservation at
the Istituto Centrale per il Restauro in Rome. In 1982 he
founded the Centro di Conservazione Archeologica where he has
directed more than 50 projects and training courses in 14
countries, including work at the Arch of Septimus Severus in
the Roman Forum, the town of Zeugma in Turkey and the mosaic
of the Transfiguration in the Monastery of Saint Catherine in
Sinai. In 2015 he received the Europa Nostra Award 2015, Jury
and Public Choice, for the conservation of the prehistoric
sculptures of Mont’e Prama. He is the President of the ICCM
Foundation.

Presentation is taking place on September 23rd, 9:55 - 10.20

Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award 2015

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust is one of the most
prestigious regional museums in North West England. The museum
is situated in Carlisle, Cumbria on the borders of the Lake
District National Park and along Hadrian’s Wall, a UNESCO
World Heritage site. The collection is made up of over 400,000
objects of regional and national significance covering fine
and decorative art, natural sciences, social history and
archaeology. The museum has an award-winning engagement
programme that focusses on children, young people and
community groups.

Anna Smalley graduated from the University of
Manchester in 2008 with a first class Bachelor of Arts degree
and a Masters in History. After an internship at the
Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere, she became Learning Assistant at
Tullie House Museum in Carlisle. Four and a half years later
she is now Head of Learning at the Museum. Anna is co-chair of
the Women Leaders in Heritage Network North West, and an
alumni of the Extend leadership programme, run by Engage – the
national association for gallery education.

Presentation is taking place on September 23rd, 10.20 - 10.45

National Medal for Museum and Library Service 2015

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is the
world’s leading archive on the global black experience. Founded
in 1926, the Schomburg is dedicated to the collection,
preservation, and interpretation of black life, history, and
culture. With over 10,000,000 items in its collection, the
Schomburg provides cultural enrichment through research,
public exhibitions, and public programs. The Schomburg is an
intellectual and creative institution that illustrates the
invaluable and irreplaceable evidence of black people’s
contributions and achievements across the diaspora and in the
United States. In 2015, Schomburg Center won the prestigious
National Medal for its contributions to the society.

Alvin Louis Starks serves as the Director of
Strategic Initiatives at the Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture in New York at The New York Public Library where
he creates and directs opportunities for philanthropic
engagement with foundations, individuals, corporations,
government and major events. He oversees the Schomburg
Center’s Communications and Public Program Departments that
are dedicated towards promoting the work and vision of the
institution with the public and patrons. His work fosters
partnerships with external organizations and develops internal
collaborations with various departments.

Presentation is taking place on September 23rd, 10.45- 11.10

Norwegian Museum Of The Year 2015

Centre for Norwegian Language and Literature

The Centre for Norwegian Language and Literature (Nynorsk
kultursentrum) is a foundation established in 1993, dedicated
to preserving and promoting intangible cultural heritage,
written culture, the Norwegian language (Nynorsk) and all
Norwegian dialects. Our 18 employees run two museums, two
festivals, one on-line encyclopedia and eight websites. The
Ivar Aasen Centre is the oldest language museum in the world
and deals with Norwegian Nynorsk language and literature. The
Olav H. Hauge Centre is concerned with poetry of all kinds
across the borders of languages. In July 2016, we established
an international network of language museums during the ICOM
General Conference in Milan

Ottar Grepstad has been General Director at
the Centre for Norwegian Language and Literature since 1999.
He has published 30 books about language, literature, history
and intangible cultural heritage, among them Historia om Ivar
Aasen (The story of Ivar Aasen) and Sprĺksansen (The sense of
language), both in 2013. In 2015, he published Sprĺkfakta 2015
(Language facts 2015), a digital story about language in
Norway and the world in 867 tables. Extracts in English will
be published in 2016.

Presentation is taking place on September 23rd, 11.40 - 12.05

Mayor Award, Construction Category, the Kyoto Landscape Award
2015

Kyoto National Museum

The Kyoto National Museum is located in Japan’s ancient
capital, rich in history and culture. The museum’s original
main building, now called the Meiji Kotokan, was opened in
1897 and remains a significant example of Japanese
Western-style architecture. Complementing it is the
award-winning contemporary Heisei Chishinkan Wing, designed by
Taniguchi Yoshio and opened in 2014. These spacious galleries
house frequently changing exhibitions featuring the museum’s
outstanding collection of paintings, sculpture, ceramics,
calligraphy, textiles, lacquers, metalwork and archaeological
relics, including many National Treasures and Important
Cultural Properties.

Dr. Sasaki Jōhei is Director General of the
Kyoto National Museum and President of the National Institutes
for Cultural Heritage. Previously, he served as Professor of
Kyoto University, Director of the Kyoto University Libraries,
and Director of the Kyoto University Archives. His research
speciality is Japanese early modern painting. For his
two-volume publication Maruyama Ōkyo kenkyū (A Study of
Maruyama Ōkyo, 1996, co-authored with Sasaki Masako), he was
awarded the 1997 Kokka Prize, the 1999 Japan Academy Prize,
and the 2000 Humboldt Prize. In 2013 he was recognized as a
Person of Cultural Merit by the City of Kyoto.

Presentation is taking place on September 23rd, 12.05
- 12.30

The Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre represents a unique
approach to battlefield interpretation. The proposition to
visitors is to fight their own battle of Bannockburn, which
they do via a 30-player battle simulator. This puts serious
gaming at the centre of a world-class interpretation centre
for the first time. No physical objects have survived from the
battle, and as such the basis of the interpretation is the
written historical record. The designers created a variety of
innovative digital interactive presentations to tell the story.

Chris Walker is a founding director of Bright
White Ltd. Chris has a passion for driving innovation in
learning and museum interpretation. He has been lead designer
on many international projects, and helped win awards for both
innovation and recognition of excellence in heritage
interpretation. Chris is also a founding director of Virtual
Case Systems Ltd, and a founding member of the Guild of Media
Arts in his home city of York, UK. The Guild is the first new
guild in the city for 700 years.

Presentation is taking place on September 23rd, 12.30 - 12.55

European Museum Academy / DASA Award 2015

Museum of Arts in Iron in the Maremma

The MAGMA tells the technological, artistic and human story of
the ironworks of Follonica in their heyday, at the peak of
their production. For much of the nineteenth century, the
building housing the museum contained a blast furnace for the
smelting and casting of iron, known as Saint Ferdinand’s
Furnace. The permanent exhibition brings the old foundry back
to life with interactive and multimedia displays arranged in
three sections, one on each floor: Art, History, Production. The
MAGMA is a museum where lights and sound projections entertain
people of all ages.

Initially graduating with a degree Architecture in Florence, Barbara
Catalani obtained a Masters degree with the Scuola
Normale of Pisa on Cultural Heritage Management and the
History of Art in Siena. She has worked with leading figures
in the worlds of art, architecture and urbanism, and has
curated exhibitions of contemporary art in New York, Florence,
Siena. In 2007 she was Project manager in the construction of
the Iron Museum of Follonica, known as MAGMA today, a project
that won the DASA World of Work Award 2015. Today she is
alderman for culture and education in her city.

Presentation is taking place on September 23rd, 15.00 - 15.25

Chinese Museums Association Most Innovative Museums Award 2015

Fujian Museum

Fujian museum is one of the two laureates of the Chinese
Museum Association’s Award for the most innovative museums
2015. As the only award-winning state-owned museum, it is
dedicated to forming a cohesive and creative system for
exhibition design and implementation, service brand-building,
academic research, and administrative management in a museum
with the relevant national and community improvements which
help the quality of life. All of these consequent, innovative
promotions and highlights have obtained an extensive
reputation and praise from the public as well as professionals.

Professor Wu Zhiyue, besides his post as the
museum director, is the Deputy Director of Fujian Provincial
Bureau of Cultural Heritage and a National Advanced Cultural
Intellectual Prize winner. He is a skilled exhibition designer
and producer, has distinctive ideas in administrative
management and museum social service promotion, and believes
in the concept of innovative museum brand-building. In 2015,
Fujian Museum, led by Prof. Wu, was the only state-owned
museum to win the Chinese Museum Association Award for the
most innovative museum 2015.

Presentation is taking place on September 23rd, 16.15 - 16.40

MAGNA Awards / National Winner 2015

Mosman Art Gallery: Bungaree’s Farm

Bungaree’s Farm was developed as a site specific exhibition
exploring the historical impact of colonialism and framing a
contemporary indigenous response. Curated by Djon Mundine, the
exhibition of 20 video works by a collective of 15 Australian
Aboriginal artists has been described as ’poignant, humorous
and cuts to the bone’. This exhibition was commissioned to
commemorate the 200th anniversary of the establishment of
Bungaree’s Farm, and won the 2015 Museums Australia National
Award (the highest arts industry award that can be given in
Australia).

John Cheeseman is the Director of Mosman Art Gallery and
President of the Regional and Public Galleries of New South
Wales (RPGNSW). He was previously the Director of Blacktown
Arts Centre (Sydney, Australia) and in previous positions has
been a cultural planner, cultural development officer, curator
and practicing artist. John maintains a strong interest in
supporting interpretive projects, cross-artform practices,
social engagement and new technologies and is currently
pursuing a range of projects focussed on East Asia and
international exchange.

Presentation is taking place on September 23rd, 15.50 - 16.15

The Rundling Association was awarded for the 46 years of
commitment and strategic vision given by its unpaid volunteers,
seeking to protect the last remaining Rundling villages of
Central Europe. Three generations of volunteers have worked
tirelessly to research and publish articles on these medieval
villages, to sensitize the public and politicians to their
vulnerability, and to bring the past alive through its open
air museum. The Rundlingsverein believes that it is possible
to protect the villages and their 19th century hallhouses by
encouraging alternative ecological and small scale uses.

The
committee member Adrian Greenwood lives in
retirement with his partner in a Lower German hallhouse in one
of the very last remaining 96 Rundling villages in
Europe. All 96 are situated in Wendland, a deeply rural part
of northern Germany near the river Elbe. His wish is for these
unique villages to attain World Heritage status. He is a
British citizen who moved to Germany 18 years ago after a career
in social work in the UK, the USA and Ethiopia. He has three
children and six grandchildren, all living in the UK.

Presentation is taking place on September 23rd, 16.15 - 16.40

EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2015

Salt Valley of Ańana

Valle Salado de Ańana is a landscape located in Salinas de
Ańana (Álava - BasqueCountry), 30 km from Vitoria-Gasteiz,
which man has taken advantage of for thousands of years to
obtain a product that is essential to life - salt. Valle
Salado de Ańana is a unique landscape that consists of
thousands of platforms or salt pans, springs, channels, wells
and storage facilities. The Ańana salt works is one of the
oldest salt production facilities in the world. "White gold"
has been produced here uninterruptedly for 6.500 years.

Andoni Erkiaga Agirre, Director of the Salt
Valley Foundation, has a Masters degree in Agricultural
Engineering, Project Management and Business Administration.
He has over 30 years of experience in agriculture, rural
development, environmental management, integrated water cycle
management and waste management related matters. Andoni has
held various technical positions in the Basque Public
Administration (Basque Government, Provincial Council of
Gipuzkoa and various Public Companies), as well as positions
of political representation, such as the Deputy for
Environment in Álava, the President of Álava Water Agency,
and a Counsellor to various Public Companies.

Presentation is taking place on September 23rd, 17.10 - 17.35

UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award of Excellence 2015

Conservation of Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple

Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple is a centuries old sacred temple
and is also known for being the venue of the famous
Pooram festival. It was restored through an effort spanning
more than 10 years, involving multiple agencies and more than
300 craftsmen. The project brings to light the spiritual
essence of the architecture of Kerala; where the temple is
often considered as a living entity. In the restoration
process, the same methods and techniques used for the
original construction were used and many ancient rituals
connected with temple work were followed.

Vinod Kumar is an architect and has worked
for more than 10 years as the Project co-ordinator for the
Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple Conservation Project. He runs an
independent architectural studio, dd Architects, in Thrissur,
Kerala, which focuses primarily on urban revitalization
projects, the documentation of vernacular architecture and new
designs inspired by the traditions of the area.

Presentation is taking place on September 23rd, 17.35 - 18.00

BankGiro Loterij Museumprijs 2015

Fries Museum

The Fries Museum connects Friesland, a remarkable province of
the Netherlands, and the Frisian people to the world.
Originally founded in 1881, since 2013 it has been located in
a new building in Leeuwarden, the Cultural Capital of Europe
for 2018. Its activities search for what defines the typical
Frisian character and Friesland’s place in a global
perspective. Treasures from ancient mounds; the medieval
freedom fighter Grutte Pier’s sword; valuable clothing and
silverware; the legacy of Mata Hari, executed as a spy at the
end of the First World War; inspiring landscape paintings;
contemporary arts: together they tell the story of Friesland.

Kris Callens has been director of the Fries
Museum since August 2015. Trained as an art historian, he
started his career making international exhibitions in Belgium.
From 2006 to 2009 he was curator of exhibitions at the
Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Between 2009 and 2015 he was
responsible for the collections and the exhibitions of the
Zuiderzee Museum, a maritime open air museum incorporating the
coast of Friesland. At the Fries Museum, he continues his
focus on connecting people and collections, material and
intangible heritage, past and future.